1. While others find pleasure in love's folly,
I alone fear the tyranny of estrangement.

2. I would not deign to inhale a breeze of rapport
With the humiliation that is the lot of the vanquished;

3. And it is beneath me to don the rags of dishonor
When my character soars above the stars.

4. Shall I sip the cup of rejection, dreading
Its consequence of destroying my hopes?

5. Rather, I am wont to endure tribulation
So my virtues may be cleansed of blemish;

6. And though I fear estrangement, chastity is a treasure
That enriches me beyond the indifferent;

7. Why should I grieve when valor is my hallmark
And I am a prince wielding the sword?

8. A dignified, untouchable pride is mine,
Impervious to the impossible;

9. My excellence dwarfs the vainglory
Of the most swaggering braggarts;

10. And virtues have proceeded from me uninterrupted,
Illuminating the dreams of every desire;

11. I am possessed of a chastity that has always
Articulated its signs in every tongue;

12. An ink that delves deep into merits, struggling
Until sated by the ocean of perfection;

13. A revealer of each subtlety that does not grow clear
With the sagacity attributed to Suhban;

14. My branches have never engaged in vain play
Except to produce necklaces of pearls;

15. No garden is beautifully flowering
Unless the leaves compose melodies;

16. More wondrous and radiant than lines composed
By him alone, woven with eloquence;

17. My patron rewarded my fervor praising him
And I ascended above my peers;

18. O Majid, you have expanded the abundance of elevation
So now its feast is repeated time and again;

19. I congratulated you on a feast, and one like you
By whom times delight across eras;

20. And to you, with first light, the Arabism of its vitality
Was lost praising you, O Majestic One;

21. I hope for acceptance, so please accept the perfume
Of the mind's blossoms and the bending branches.